Slumdog millionaire /
Jamal Malik is an 18 year-old orphan from the slums of Mumbai. With the whole nation watching, he is just one question away from winning a staggering 20 million rupees on India's version of 'Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?' When the show breaks for the night, police arrest him on suspi...
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| Format: | Video DVD |
| Language: | English Hindi French |
| Language Notes: | English or Hindi (DTS-HD 5.1) or dubbed French (Dolby 5.1) dialogue, English, French or Spanish subtitles; English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing. |
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Beverly Hills, CA :
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment,
[2009]
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| Summary: | Jamal Malik is an 18 year-old orphan from the slums of Mumbai. With the whole nation watching, he is just one question away from winning a staggering 20 million rupees on India's version of 'Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?' When the show breaks for the night, police arrest him on suspicion of cheating. Desperate to prove his innocence, Jamal tells the story of his life in the slum where he and his brother grew up. He describes their adventures together on the road, of vicious encounters with local gangs, and of Latika, the girl he loved and lost. Every chapter of his story reveals the key to the answer to one of the game show's questions. Jamal's increasingly layered story reveals where he learned the answers to the show's seemingly impossible questions. When the new day dawns and Jamal returns to answer the final question, the Inspector and sixty million viewers watch to find out if he can answer the question of how anyone comes to know the things they know about life and love. |
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| Item Description: | Title from container. Based on the novel by "Q & A" by Vikas Swarup. Originally released as a motion picture in 2008. Special features: Commentary by director Danny Boyle and actor Dev Patel; commentary by producer Christian Colson and writer Simon Beaufoy; deleted scenes; "Slumdog dreams: Danny Boyle and the making of Slumdog millionaire" featurette; "Slumdog cutdown" featurette; "From script to screen: toilet scene" featurette; Indian short film: Manjha Bombay liquid dance; theatrical trailer; BD-Live: Bootstrap. Videorecording. |
| Physical Description: | 1 videodisc (121 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Format: | Blu-ray disc; widescreen (2.35:1), Dolby DTS-HD Master 5.1 surround, Dolby Digital 5.1 surround, 50Gb dual layer, AVC@28 MBPS. This Blu-ray disc will not play in standard DVD players. |
| Audience: | MPAA rating: R; for some violence, disturbing images and language. |
| Awards: | Academy Awards, 2009: Best Achievement in Directing (Danny Boyle), Best Motion Picture of the Year (Christian Colson), Best Achievement in Cinematography (Anthony Dod Mantle), Best Achievement in Editing (Chris Dickens), Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Score (A.R. Rahman), Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Song (A.R. Rahman (music), Gulzar (lyrics)), Best Achievement in Sound (Ian Tapp, Richard Pryke, Resul Pookutty), Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published (Simon Beaufoy). |
| Production Credits: | Director of photography, Anthony Dod Mantle ; editor, Chris Dickens ; music, A.R. Rahman. |